Military History- Cold War/Korea/Vietnam/Iraq Flashcards
3 Allied leaders ______ met at the ___ and decided what the world would look like after WWII.
FDR, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Yalta Convention/Conference
MAD (Cold War)
ICBM
Mutually Assured Destruction (Keeps the peace!)
Inter Continental Ballistic Missile
NATO (war), what year was it created?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1949
The ___ was signed in 1955 in direct response to the decision to allow ___ to join NATO, and allowed for the Red Army to be based in member States (East Germany and others), unified command and mutual assistance
Warsaw pact, West Germany
In 1946, ___ warned that a ___ was descending through the middle of Europe.
Winston Churchill, Iron Curtain
___ asserted in 1946 that WWII was an unavoidable and inevitable consequence of ___ and implied that such a War might reoccur.
Joseph Stalin, Capitalist Imperialism
USSR (Soviet Union), ended in ___
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1991
___ , led by ___, was the first combat formation to deploy from Japan to South Korea during the Korean War. They were greatly outnumbered.
Task Force Smith, Colonel Charles Bradford Smith
The ___ was introduced in the ___ War, mostly for medivac
helicopter, Korean
On June 25th, ___, the DPRK opened fire on the ROK along the __ Parallel. This started the ___ War.
1950, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Soviet SOI), Republic of Korea (US SOI), 38th, Korean
___ was an early turning point in Korean war. Landed in west Korea and wanted to pursue North Koreans. China threatened to intervene. Gen ___ wanted to use Nuclear Weapons in Korea. President ___ relieved him to avoid all-out War. US, North Korea and China sign ___ and North and South Korea sign ___
Inchon Landing, MacArthur, Truman, Armistace, non-aggression treaty
During the Cuban Missile Crisis of ___, ___ decided to place intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Cuba with the permission of ___. President ___ discovered what was happening and threatened Soviet Union and placed Naval ___ around Cuba. Soviet Union removed the missiles.
1962, Nikita Khrushchev, Fidel Castro, Kennedy. quarantine (NOT BLOCKADE)
In 1945, following surrender of Japan to Allies, ___ and his People’s Congress create the National Liberation Committee of ___ and declare independence from France.
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
4-star General ____ led Vietnam’s Armies for decades.
Vo Nguyen Giap
In 1954, The Battle of ___ was a major turning point for Vietnamese over the ___ and ___ forces who were under constant fire and flooded by monsoon rains. French thought mountains were impassable. Brought end to IndoChina War
Dien Bien Phu, French Airborne, Foreign Legion
____ became Prime Minister of South Vietnam in 1954. America’s objective in the War was to preserve an independent, stable, non-communist South Vietnam. Diem cancelled election because ___. He practiced nepotism.
Ngo Dinh Diem, He knew Ho Chi Minh would win.
Americans struggled in Vietnam because of the Viet Cong’s ___ tactics. Americans utilized ___ which made it easy to deploy and evacuate troops in the middle of battle. Air Cavalry born during the ___ Campaign.
guerrilla, helicopter, Ia Drang (vs NVA)
In 1962, The US Air Force launched Operation ___, denying Vietcong use of roads and trails and destroying over 10% of vegetation (food and cover) by spraying ___. Also made soldiers very ill.
Ranch Hand, Agent Orange
The 3 stages of revolutionary warfare, defensive, equilibrium, and counteroffensive was inspired by ___ written by Mao Zedong. Revolutionary War “Mosaic”
On Protracted War
